08-27-07 Item 7A, Eng Consultant Pool

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8/23/2007 Page 3 The evaluation panel felt that II fInns met the requirements the City was looking for in an engineering consultant. Staff interviewed these II fIrms and recommends the following fIrms for the City of Arden Hills' Municipal Engineering Consultant Pool. Planning Kimley-Hom and Associates, Inc. SRF Consulting Group, Inc. URS Corporation WSB and Associates, Inc. Municipal Proiects Bolton and Menk, Inc. Kimley-Hom and Associates, Inc. McCombs, Frank, Roos Associates, Inc. WSB and Associates, Inc. Miscellaneous Engineering Barr Engineering Bonestroo URS Corporation TraffIc and Transportation Engineering Bolton and Menk, Inc. Jacobs, Edwards and Kelcey, Inc. SRF Consulting Group, Inc. Surface Water Resources Engineering Barr Engineering KimIey-Hom and Associates, Inc. WSB and Associates, Inc. Staff had originally anticipated selecting fIve fIrms per category; this was reduced to three to four fIrms after analyzing the projected work in each category. Staff felt that a larger pool could not be justifIed for some of the categories, as we do not anticipate many projects over the next several years. We felt comfortable increasing the pool to four for the Planning and Municipal Projects categories, because these are the areas where the City would likely generate more projects that may need to be hired out to consultants. Staff felt that the interview process went extremely well. We were pleased with the quality of the consultant teams; it was diffIcult to narrow the fIelds. The fIrms in each category were selected based on experience that would prove benefIcial to Arden Hills. For example, the fIrms selected for the Surface Water Resources Engineering category showed extensive experience and a good working relationship with the Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD), which is important to Arden Hills, as the entire City is under RCWD jurisdiction. The fIrms selected for planning all had extensive experience with overall water and sanitary sewer system plan review, including water tower and lift station design. In addition to this, SRF is currently working on the AUAR for the TCAAP site. Representatives from WSB worked on the TCAAP groundwater treatment system when it was installed in the 1970s. The fIrms in the proposed Municipal Projects pool all showed strengths in preparing and completing public improvement projects, realizing the importance of communication with City staff and affected property owners. The fIrms in the Miscellaneous Engineering category have signifIcant experience in dealing with BrownfIelds, as well as knowledge about the contamination on the TCAAP site. Barr Engineering has worked with the City of New Brighton extensively on TCAAP related contamination, and representatives from Bonestroo have worked on the site itself during employment at previous fIrms.